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Carla lives in Birmingham. She has a good friend named Alexa. "I am used to (say ) 'Good morning, Alexa ' and 'Good night, Alexa' every day, "she told the Wall Street Journal.
Alexa is not a real person. It is Amazon's Echo personal assistant. It has no shape or form, but can "talk" with humans online. This type of technology is called bot. At the 2016 World Robot Conference (WRC), more than 2, 000 robots over 10 countries gathered together. Bots (be) the stars at the conference.
Bots are a popular kind of artificial intelligence (AI). There is no need (tap) a screen and use an app. You can talk to bots (simple) by speaking into a microphone.
The bot family (include) Western members such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Echo. In China, there is Xiao i. The Xiao i bot is another example of voice recognition (声音识别)software. It was first (develop) in 2003. It has been used in smart phones, TVs, cars and at call centers. allows people to get intelligent services anywhere, anytime.